Thanksgiving and Mindfulness

For our Thanksgiving lesson this year we talked about the bounty of the garden & nature. We filled a basket with seasonal produce – butternut squash, sweet potatoes, dried corn, garlic, and herbs – and discussed how many of the foods we see at Thanksgiving are roots and seeds. They are foods that store well and are often harvested near the end of the growing season. Some things change with time, but the seasons and foods available, no matter how technological we become, are much the same regionally (barring greenhouses and transfer trucks.) Fall is a time of bounty and we are so thankful to be able to share food together that we have grown with the help of rain, sun, microbes, and all manner of other creatures.

Students crunched away on some delicious carrots before break and contemplated mindfulness and gratitude while they ate.

About

The Greensboro Montessori School is a privately run school in Greensboro, North Carolina. The permaculture gardens on campus have been flourishing for over 20 years and each week students participate in hands on experiential lessons where they plant, water, harvest, weed, cook, and explore the garden. We have over 20 fruit bearing tree's on campus, as well as a pond, honey bees tended by the Middle School students, forest gardens, a certified kitchen, and much much more.